Adjacent Frequency Bands
The Business Radio Service has several channels just above the Citizen's Band, at 27.430, 27.450, 27.470, 27.490, 27.510, and 27.530 MHz.
The federal government has the frequencies from 27.540 up to 28.000. Many civilian agencies use, or used to use, the frequencies 27.575 and 27.585 for low-power use.
The 10 meter ham band runs from 28.000 to 29.700 MHz.
Below the Citizen's Band, the U.S. military has the frequencies from 26.480 to 26.960.
The Civil Air Patrol has 26.620, though it now uses mostly VHF frequencies. Years ago, CAP volunteers with crystal-controlled CBs would put this frequency in their radios. Currently VHF military frequencies are more often used, as among other reasons, VHF radios are easier to acquire than crystal-controlled CBs.
Read more about this topic: CB Usage In The United States
Famous quotes containing the words frequency and/or bands:
“One is apt to be discouraged by the frequency with which Mr. Hardy has persuaded himself that a macabre subject is a poem in itself; that, if there be enough of death and the tomb in one’s theme, it needs no translation into art, the bold statement of it being sufficient.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
“With girls, everything looks great on the surface. But beware of drawers that won’t open. They contain a three-month supply of dirty underwear, unwashed hose, and rubber bands with blobs of hair in them.”
—Erma Bombeck (20th century)